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Are Java Developers better equipped to write front end stuff?

Should Java Developers be coding HTML, CSS & JavaScript?

What do people follow in your companies? What are some suggestions if they have too?

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Better then who? And when you say "Java Developers", do you mean Java Webapp developers? – Tim Büthe Feb 10 '11 at 8:11
Yes I mean mostly Java Webapp developers. And yes the question should be are they right people coding CSS/HTML etc.? – Nilesh Feb 10 '11 at 8:18
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Might this be better off on programmers.stackexchange.com? – mu is too short Feb 10 '11 at 8:26

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Are Java Developers better equipped to write front end stuff?

Atleast being a Programmer [Web App Developer] you must be able to deal with HTML,CSS,JavaScript,JQuery and other UI Basics.

You don't need to master it, but you should be able to tackle any issues

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When you write backend software, or use Swing or SWT, you might never heard of stuff like "div", "IE 6 hell" or "Ajax". – Tim Büthe Feb 10 '11 at 8:00
@Tim the programmers who codes device drivers might haven't seen HTML code also – Jigar Joshi Feb 10 '11 at 8:01
@Joshi: Right, that were just some examples and I make no claims of being complete. – Tim Büthe Feb 10 '11 at 8:11
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Well, since HTML, CSS, and JavaScript has nothing to do with Java, I guess not. They are as good as they are, no matter if they uses C#, Java or COBOL.

And to who you want to compare to, when you say "better equipped [then]"?

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yeah the question should be "are they equipped at all"? – Nilesh Feb 10 '11 at 8:14
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I am a Java Developer (below average though), and I don't just write HTML, CSS, JavaScript, jQuery but I write Python, Django, C, bsh, as well. So, as far as you know the thing or you want to know the thing, you must write the thing. Frankly speaking, that depends.

Not an answer to your question, I suppose.

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I can see 77+ votes for jsp from your profile. I think you know HTML basics , +1 . – Jigar Joshi Feb 10 '11 at 8:47
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There is nothing inherent about being able to program in Java that prohibits you from also being able to program in Javascript or work with HTML/CSS.

You may as well ask "can C++ developers work with COBOL?" or "can Python developers work with Haskell?" Of course it's possible. It's entirely up to the particular developer's skill whether he actually knows HTML/CSS/Javascript.

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